CDOT is seeking new logo

Department invites public to submit designs

June 13, 2011

Gabe Klein, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Transportation, arrives at his LaSalle Street office by bicycle Friday. Klein lives in the South Loop and commutes to work by bicycling, walking or riding the CTA. (Antonio Perez, Tribune photo)

The Chicago Department of Transportation's logo — CDOT with an orange circle filling the "C'' — is nearly 10 years old and in need of an overhaul almost as much as some of Chicago's pothole-marred streets.

The transportation department is inviting the public to design a new logo.

Concepts will be accepted through the end of the month, officials said. Logo submissions can be emailed to cdotnews@cityofchicago.org; sent via Twitter to @CDOTNews; faxed to 312-744-1200; or mailed to Chicago Department of Transportation, Logo Contest, 30 N. LaSalle St., Suite 1100, Chicago, IL 60602.

The finalists and winner will be posted on CDOT's Web site, http://www.cityofchicago.org/transportation, and Facebook page, CDOTNews.